Describe the landscape of a topo map with closed circles that are far apart
hill with a gentle slope
100
What is the altitude of Buffalo, NY?
42 degrees
100
What evidence tells us the Big Bang occurred?
Background Radiation
100
Why do the different layers exist?
Differences in density
100
What season and date is depicted in position C of the diagram for the northern hemisphere?
June 21-summer (n hem is tilted toward sun)
200
explain how you can determine the direction of river flow by looking at the contour lines
the water flows in the opposite direction of the arrows
200
What time is it at 45 deg East when it is 4pm at 120 deg east?
9:00 pm
200
What is the name of our solar system and what type of galaxy is it classified as?
Milky Way is a spiral galaxy
200
What state of matter is the outer core and how do we know this?
Liquid due to the study of seismic waves
200
What are two main factors that influence gravity?
distance and mass
300
city a is on one contour line and has an elevation of 200ft. City t is on a separate contour line and has an elevation of 400 ft. There is one contour line between them. What is the contour interval?
100 ft
300
What type of bedrock is found at 74deg45'W, 43deg30'N?
limstone, sandstone, shale, dolostone
300
Which planets have a greater density-Jovian or Terrestrial...and name them.
Terrestrial-Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth
300
What are the two most abundant elements in Earth's crust by percent volume-list them and their percentages.
Oxygen 94.04 and Potassium 1.42
300
The mass of an object is 40 kg and the volume is 15ml. What is the density of the object when it is cut it in half?
2.7 kg/ml (40/15). Cutting it in half does not change the density
400
What does the value of the first line of depression equal?
The value of the contour line before it.
400
What is the boundary type and ocean current found at 170 deg E, 55 deg N?
convergent boundary: Kamchatka cold current
400
What does the red shift indicate?
That an object is moving farther away
400
What type of crust sinks and why?
BAsaltic oceanic because it has a higher density
400
What evidence supports Earth's rotation and revolution: list the evidence for each.
Determine the gradient to the nearest tenth given that City V has an elevation of 2000 ft, City T has an elevation of 8000 ft, and the distance between them is 20 km.
300.0 ft/km
500
What landscape is found at 74deg15'W, 43deg02'N?
Hudson Mohawk lowlands
500
What planet has a density less than Mars and a rotation about half the time of Earth?
Saturn
500
What layer has a temperature of 4000 deg C and a pressure of 0.5 million atmospheres?
stiffer mantle
500
What five pieces of evidence tell us the Earth has a curved surface and that it is an oblate spheroid?
1. mast of sinking ship
2. shadow during an eclipse
3. gravity is stronger at the poles
4. measurements (Erastothenes)
5. pictures from space